Changes to the composition of Umicore's Executive Committee

Press release 2 October 2012
CP-2012-30 09:30 CET
Umicore
Group Communications
Changes to the composition of
Umicore’s Executive Committee
Umicore today announced changes to the composition of its Executive Committee.
William Staron, who is currently Executive Vice President for Catalysis, has decided to retire at the end of 2012.
Pascal Reymondet, who is currently Executive Vice President of Performance Materials, will become Executive Vice
President of Catalysis.
Stephan Csoma, 48, who is currently Senior Vice President of Government Affairs, will take over from Pascal
Reymondet as Executive Vice President of Performance Materials and join the Executive Committee. Stephan has
extensive strategic and operational experience that includes setting up Umicore’s first industrial operations in
China in the mid-1990s, leading Umicore’s Zinc Chemicals operations from 2001 to 2005 and serving as Senior Vice
President for Umicore’s South American operations between 2005 and 2009.
Filip Platteeuw, currently Vice President of Corporate Development, has been appointed to the position of Chief
Financial Officer (CFO). Filip, 39, brings a strong combination of financial and strategic expertise to the Executive
Committee. He joined Umicore in 2004 after nine years in investment and corporate banking and equity research
with KBC. He was instrumental in the spin off of Umicore’s copper activities in 2005 and led the project team for
the creation of Nyrstar and its successful IPO in 2007.
Ludo Vandervelden, who is currently CFO, will take up a leadership role outside the Executive Committee. As Chief
Information Officer he will be responsible for Umicore’s information systems. He will also assume responsibility for
procurement. Umicore will benefit from Ludo’s expertise and experience in these two areas.
The roles of Marc Grynberg (CEO), Hugo Morel (EVP Recycling), Marc Van Sande (EVP Energy Materials) and Denis
Goffaux (CTO) are unchanged. All of the above appointments will become effective from 1st November 2012.
Commenting on the developments CEO Marc Grynberg said: “The new configuration of the Executive Committee
incorporates deep experience and a complementary mix of skills and personalities. I would like to thank Bill Staron
for his outstanding contribution to Umicore over the last nine years. He has played a major role in the successful
development of our Catalysis businesses over that time and he has more than earned a happy and healthy
retirement.”
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Umicore profile
Umicore is a global materials technology group. It focuses on application areas where its expertise in materials
science, chemistry and metallurgy makes a real difference. Its activities are centred on four business areas:
Catalysis, Energy Materials, Performance Materials and Recycling. Each business area is divided into marketfocused
business units offering materials and solutions that are at the cutting edge of new technological
developments and essential to everyday life.
Umicore generates the majority of its revenues and dedicates most of its R&D efforts to clean technologies, such
as emission control catalysts, materials for rechargeable batteries and photovoltaics, fuel cells, and recycling.
Umicore’s overriding goal of sustainable value creation is based on an ambition to develop, produce and recycle
materials in a way that fulfils its mission: materials for a better life.
The Umicore Group has industrial operations on all continents and serves a global customer base; it generated a
turnover of € 14.5 billion (€ 2.3 billion excluding metal) in 2011 and currently employs some 14,600 people.
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